District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula

The District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula was a local government area in South Australia centred on the Lefevre Peninsula from 1872 to 1884.

District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula South Australia
District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula
Coordinates	34°50′25″S 138°29′25″E / 34.84028°S 138.49028°E / -34.84028; 138.49028
Established	1872
Abolished	1884
Council seat	Exeter
LGAs around District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula: District Council of Lefevre's Peninsula Yatala South Glanville Semaphore Port Adelaide Birkenhead Yatala South Rosewater

History

The council was gazetted in 1872. The council chambers were located in the Exeter Hotel at Exeter.^[1] The District Council of Birkenhead separated from it on 22 February 1877, and much of the remaining section, along with much of the adjacent District Council of Glanville, seceded as the new Corporate Town of Semaphore on 20 December 1883. In January 1884, the Semaphore council debated whether the Lefevre Peninsula council had become defunct as a result of the secessions, and it formally ceased to exist when it merged into the Birkenhead council on 7 August 1884.^[2][3]

Chairmen

• J. N. Wills (1872) ^[4]
• H. Cowie (1876–1877) ^[5]
• G. Shorney (1877–1878) ^[6][7]
• J. C. Lovely (1881–1882) ^[8][9]
• A. P. Hall (1883) ^[10]

References

1. "THE PROPOSED SEMAPHORE CORPORATION". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 29 September 1883. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "SEMAPHORE CORPORATION". The Express and Telegraph. Adelaide. 8 January 1884. p. 3 Edition: HALF-PAST 1 O'CLOCK EDITION. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Marsden, Susan (2012). "A History of South Australian Councils to 1936" (PDF). Local Government Association of South Australia. pp. 11, 19, 28. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
4. "DISTRICT COUNCILS". Adelaide Observer. SA. 20 April 1872. p. 7. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "LEFEVRE'S PENINSULA". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 22 July 1876. p. 22. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "LEFEVRE'S PENINSULA". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 28 July 1877. p. 14. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "OPENING NEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT LEFEVRE'S PENINSULA AND PORT ADELAIDE". Adelaide Observer. SA. 26 January 1878. p. 10. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
8. "LEFEVRE'S PENINSULA". South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail. Adelaide. 22 January 1881. p. 24. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
9. "MARINE BOARD". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 17 June 1882. p. 1 Supplement: SUPPLEMENT TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
10. "THE PROPOSED SEMAPHORE CORPORATION". Evening Journal. Adelaide. 29 September 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 30 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.